August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

August 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 31

All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 12 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 30th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 17.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.^{[1] [2]}

Saints

• Hieromartyr Philonidis (Philoneidis) of Cyprus (3rd century).^[3] (see also: June 17)
• 6 Martyrs of Melitene, by drowning.^{[1] [4]}
• 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes, by the sword.^{[1] [5]}
• Saint Bryaene of Nisibis (318)^{[1] [6] [7]}
• Saints Alexander (340),^[8] John VIII of Constantinople (595),^[9] and Paul the New (784),^[10] Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchs.^{[1] [11]}
• The Venerable Guardian (Grk.: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φύλαξ).^[12]
• Venerable Sarmata of "The Paradise", ascetic of the desert, Egypt (c. 362)^{[1] [7] [13]}
• Saint Eulalius, Bishop of Cyprus (4th century)^{[1] [7] [14]}
• Saint Christopher of Palestine (Christopher the Roman, in Palestine) (6th century)^{[1] [7] [15]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Boniface and Thecla, parents of the Twelve Brothers commemorated on September 1 (c. 250)^[16]
• Hieromartyr Felix, and Martyrs Fortunatus, Septiminus and Januarius, by beheading (c. 304)^{[7] [17]}
• Saint Pammachius, a Roman senator, married to one of the daughters of St Paula (c. 340-410)^[16]
• Saint Loarn, a disciple of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century)^[16]
• Saint Rumon, a bishop and patron-saint of Tavistock in England (6th century)^[16]
• Saint Agilus (Ail, Aile, Aisle, Ayeul) (c. 580-650)^[16]
• Saint Fiacrius (Fiacre, Fiaker, Fèvre), Irish hermit and hospice-founder at Breuil in Brie (c. 670)^{[1] [16]}
• Saints Pelagius, Arsenius and Sylvanus, hermits near Burgos in Old Castile in Spain, martyred by the Saracens. (c. 950)^[16]
• Venerable Fantinus of Calabria, the Wonderworker, in Thessalonica (974)^{[1] [7] [18] [19]}
• Saint Bononius, Abbot of Lucedio in Piedmont (1026)^[16]
• Saint Peter of Trevi, he preached to the peasants of Tivoli, Anagni and Subiaco (c. 1050)^[16]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs:^{[1] [20] [21]}
  • Saints Sava I (1235), Arsenius (1266), Sava II (1271), Eustathius I (1285), James (1292), Nicodemus (1325), and Daniel II (1338), Archbishops;
  • Saints Ioannicius II (1354), Spyridon (1388),^[22] Ephraim II (1395), Cyril (1419), Nicon (c. 1439), Macarius (1574),^[23] and Gabriel I (1659),^[24] Patriarchs;
  • St. Gregory (1012), Bishop.
• Saint Alexander, Abbot of Vocha Monastery, near Galich (14th-15th century)^[1]
• Repose of St. Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1533)^{[1] [20] [25]}
• Saint Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1657)^[1]
• Saint Ioannicius (Rudniev), Metropolitan of Kiev and Galich (1900)^{[26] [1] [27]} (see also: June 7)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Peter, Priest (1918)^[20]
• New Hieromartyr Paul, Priest and Virgin-martyr Elizaveta, and Martyr Theodore (1937)^[20]
• New Hieromartyr Ignatius (Lebedev), Schema-Archimandrite of the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery (St. Peter’s Monastery), Moscow (1938)^{[1] [20]}
• New Hiero-confessor Peter Cheltsov, Archpriest, of Smolensk (1972)^{[1] [7] [20]}

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1652) of St. Daniel, great prince of Moscow (1303)^{[1] [20] [28]}
• Translation of the relics (1724) of St. Alexander Nevsky (Alexis in schema), great prince of Novgorod (1263)^{[1] [20] [29] [30]}
• Translation of the relics of St. Guthlac, Hieromonk of Crowland.^[20] (see also: April 11)

Sources

• September 12/August 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• September 12 / August 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 30. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 64.
• August 30. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 263.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 30 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 30 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 12 сентября (30 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 30 августа по старому стилю / 12 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/{{#time:Y|-1year}}0830.html September 12/August 30
2. Great Synaxaristes: Μεθεόρτια ἀποτομῆς κεφαλῆς Ἰωάννου Προδρόμου. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Great Synaxaristes: http://synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/500/sxsaintinfo.aspx. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 6 Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴ Μελιτινὴ. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 16 Μάρτυρες οἱ Θηβαῖοι. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Βρυαίνη. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.64.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ νέος, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. St Alexander the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φύλαξ. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαρματᾶς. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐλάλιος ὁ Ἱεράρχης. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. St Christopher of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 30
17. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φῆλιξ, Φουρτουνᾶτος, Σεπτιμῖνος καὶ Ἰανουάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φαντῖνος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. St Fantinus of Calabria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?today=12&month=9 September 12 / August 30
21. Synaxis of the Serbian Hierarchs. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. St Spyridon the Patriarch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. St Macarius the Patriarch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. St Gabriel I the Patriarch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. Web site: ИОАННИКИЙ (РУДНЕВ) - Древо . 2023-07-06 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
27. Holy Synod of UOC canonizes two saints. Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ). 21/07/2016. Retrieved: 6 July 2017.
28. Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἡγεμόνας τῆς Ρωσίας. 30 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.